An emergency ordinance on the Criminal Codes would mean judicial conflict of constitutional nature between the Government and the Parliament, because the Parliament has started the debate on the normative act and no one may take it away, former Constitutional ...
Read More »New York Times about the ‘parallel state’, ruling party, Dragnea and Kovesi, independence of prosecutors
In a feature titled “Claiming ‘Parallel State’ Cabal, Romania’s Leaders Target Anti-Corruption Prosecutor”, The New York Times tackles the current situation in Romania, with the ruling party (PSD) and its leader Liviu Dragnea holding the large rally on June 9 ...
Read More »Justice Ministry releases list of people who visited the SIPA archive (IV). Irregularities found in 2007
‘Evenimentul Zilei’ newspaper has published on Thursday the 2007 report of the committee that handled the SIPA archive. The document, which reads ‘Secret’, points to a series of irregularities: copied documents, a copier stored in the archive’s space and documents ...
Read More »Justice Ministry releases list of people who visited the SIPA archive (III). Who are they?
The Justice Ministry has published on Thursday the list of those who had access to the SIPA archives after its dissolution, with 22 visits registered. On December 12, 2013, when Minister of Justice was Robert Cazanciuc, had access to the ...
Read More »Update: SIPA archive to be declassified, Justice Minister says
Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has announced on Wednesday that the SIPA archive will be declassified at the soonest, according to the legal procedures. “By meeting all legal procedures, in the shortest time, I will declassify the SIPA archive,” Minister Toader ...
Read More »Media report on SIPA archive’s being copied
A new scandal on the Romanian judiciary’s frontline has peered up on Monday following disclosures in the mass media. Journalist Dan Andronic claims in an article on evz.ro that the archive of SIPA, judiciary’s former intelligence service, would have been ...
Read More »Corrupt magistrates – 36 get final sentences in the past two years
The number of convictions for Romanian magistrates on corruption charges has grown amazingly in recent years. During 2014-2015, in Romania, no less than 36 judges have been convicted for corruption, as for the entire period 2006-2013, adevarul.ro reports. Corruption in ...
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